iodbctest(1)						       iODBC Driver Manager						      iodbctest(1)

NAME

       iodbctest, iodbctestw - iODBC Demonstration programs

SYNOPSIS

       iodbctest ["DSN=xxxx[;UID=xxxx][;PWD=xxxx][;OPT=value]"]
       iodbctestw ["DSN=xxxx[;UID=xxxx][;PWD=xxxx][;OPT=value]"]

DESCRIPTION

       The  iodbctest  program and iodbtestw programs are simple ODBC sample programs, showing the strength of the ODBC API to connect to any ODBC
       enabled database, issue SQL commands and retrieve the query results.

       The iodbctest program uses the standard ODBC API calls to connect using any DSN, but retrieves all results in ASCII mode.

       The iodbctestw program uses the ODBC Unicode API calls to connect using any DSN, and retrieves all results in Unicode mode.

OPTIONS

       The iodbctest program uses the SQLDriverConnect function to make a connection using any available ODBC compliant driver.  This  allows  the
       user to override any ODBC connect attribute in the DSN string.

       Connect	strings  should  start with either a DSN=xxx or a DRIVER=xxxx attribute optionally followed by other DSN attributes separated by a
       semicolon e.g:

	    DSN=ora9;UID=scott;PWD=tiger;DATABASE=ora9u

       Any attributes required for a proper connection that are not entered in the DSN connect string, must be present in the odbc.ini file.

       If the connect string is passed as an argument to the iodbctest program, the string should be quoted as most shells use	the  semicolon	as
       their command separator. If the connect string is entered on the interactive prompt, no quotes should be used.

       After  a successfull connection has been established, the user is prompted for a SQL command to be send to the database. A SQL command can-
       not span multiple lines.

       If the SQL command returns one or more result sets, each result set is fetched using character buffers and displayed in a table.

       Additionally, the iodbctest program understands a few special commands:

       qualifiers
	       Show a list of qualifiers using the SQLTables catalog call.

       owners
	       Show a list of owners using the SQLTables catalog call.

       tables
	       Show a list of tables using the SQLTables catalog call.

       types
	       Show a list of tables types using the SQLTables catalog call.

       datatypes
	       Show a list of data types using the SQLGetTypeInfo catalog call.

       reconnect
	       Perform a disconnect/reconnect with the information saved during the first SQLDriverConnect.

       quit (or exit)
	       Exit the program and return to the shell.

EXAMPLES

       Start the iodbctest program and get a list of DSNs before making a connection:

	   $ iodbctest
	   OpenLink ODBC Demonstration program
	   This program shows an interactive SQL processor

	   Enter ODBC connect string (? shows list): ?

	   DSN				    | Driver
	   -----------------------------------------------------------------
	   ora9 			    | OpenLink Generic ODBC Driver
	   mysql			    | OpenLink Generic ODBC Driver
	   mysqllite			    | OpenLink Lite for MySQL
	   myodbc			    | MyODBC Driver
	   pgsql			    | OpenLink Generic ODBC Driver
	   tds				    | OpenLink Generic ODBC Driver

	   Enter ODBC connect string (? shows list): DSN=ora9;PWD=tiger
	   Driver: 05.20.0316 OpenLink Generic ODBC Driver (oplodbc.so)

	   SQL>

       Connect to an Oracle 9 instance which has been previously setup in the odbc.ini file:

	   $ iodbctest "DSN=ora9;UID=scott;PWD=tiger"
	   iODBC Demonstration program
	   This program shows an interactive SQL processor
	   Driver: 05.20.0316 OpenLink Generic ODBC Driver (oplodbc.so)

	   SQL>select * from emp

	   ID		    |NAME
	   -----------------+-------------------------------------------
	   1		    |Record 1
	   2		    |Record 2
	   2		    |Record 3

	    result set 1 returned 3 rows.

	   SQL> quit

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 1996-2005 by OpenLink Software

AUTHOR

       iODBC Administrator <iodbc@openlinksw.com>

3.52.6								   3 August 2005						      iodbctest(1)